Medtronic, Inc.

Medtronic Vascular, Inc.

Medtronic Cv Luxembourg S.a.r.l.

Donna Barrett

Niall F Duffy

Marc A Anderson

Evelyn Birmingham

Constantin Ciobanu

Bernard Patrick Mulvihill

Deirdre Bridget McGowan Smyth

Patrick Edward Macaulay

Gavin Kenny

Frank Harewood

Stephen J Peter

Kate Corish

Kieran Cunningham

Luke McCartney

Patrick Griffin

John Gallagher

Gerry Oliver McCaffrey

Paul Devereux

Frank White

Sarah E Ahlberg

Herinaina Rabarimanantsoa Jamous

Joshua J Dwork

Adam Shipley

Finn Olavi Rinne

Hubert K Yeung

Glenn C Stante

Karan Punga

Deirdre McGowan Smyth

Embodiments hereof relate to a delivery system for a transcatheter valve prosthesis, the delivery system having an integral centering mechanism to circumferentially center both the delivery system and the valve prosthesis within a vessel at the target implantation site. The centering mechanism may include expandable wings that may be selectively aligned with openings formed through a sidewall of an outer shaft of the delivery system, a coiled wing that may be selectively exposed through an opening formed through a sidewall of an outer shaft of the delivery system, a plurality of elongated filaments extending through a plurality of lumens of an outermost shaft of the delivery system that may be selectively deployed or expanded, an outer shaft that includes at least one pre-formed deflection segment formed thereon, a tool having a deployable lever arm, and/or a plurality of loops deployable via simultaneous longitudinal and rotational movement.

Delivery system having an integral centering mechanism for positioning a valve prosthesis in situ

An elastic percutaneous elastic introducer sheath is disclosed which can locally expand and reduce to accommodate a transcatheter medical device. The elastic introducer sheath includes a non-circumferentially continuous elastic frame, a liner, and a jacket.

Elastic introducer sheath

Heart valve prostheses are provided having a self-expanding frame that supports a valve body comprising a skirt and a plurality of coapting leaflets. The self-expanding frame includes an inflow section, a valve section, and an outflow section. The outflow section forms attachment loops in a collapsed configuration to attach the frame to a delivery system.

Valve prosthesis

A delivery system for percutaneously delivering and deploying a stented prosthetic heart valve. The delivery device includes a delivery sheath slidably disposed over an inner shaft, and a capture assembly. The capture assembly includes at least one release feature for releasing the stented prosthetic heart valve from the delivery device.

Transcatheter prosthetic heart valve delivery device with release features

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Ballybrit, Ireland

Donna Barrett